We all know there is a lot at stake in the 2020 general election on November 3rd.
While we are organizing hard with our national movement partners to beat Trump, this year it is more important than ever to show up strong for our Vermont state and district candidates. These smaller races will make big differences in our everyday lives. The outcomes will affect how we face multiple overlapping challenges here at home, including the ongoing impacts of COVID-19, systemic racism, income inequality, and climate change.
The following is a voter’s guide for you to use and share widely. It lists the 67 candidates up and down the ballot who RAD endorsed pre- and post-primary. We are proud to support these candidates, who have shown a commitment to RAD’s values and to moving our state toward a just and livable future for all Vermonters.
(Read more about the endorsement process, the primary winners, and post-primary endorsements.)
To make it easy, we have grouped district-level candidates by county or region, closest to how they would appear on your ballot. For this reason, candidates whose district crosses county lines may appear more than once on this list. We are asking you to do three things:
- Use this guide to vote NOW using a mail-in ballot, or vote early in person.
- Share this guide with friends and family, and make sure they do the same.
- Sign up at this link to volunteer with us in the leadup to the election!
Let’s act like our collective future depends on it and Get Out The Vote 2020!
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US CONGRESS
US House of Representatives
Peter Welch
VERMONT STATEWIDE
Governor
David Zuckerman
Lieutenant Governor
Molly Gray
Secretary of State
Jim Condos
Treasurer
Beth Pearce
Auditor
Doug Hoffer
ADDISON COUNTY
High Bailiff
Dave Silberman
State Senator
Ruth Hardy
State Representative
Mari Cordes (Addison 4)
Jubilee McGill (Addison 5)
BENNINGTON COUNTY
State Representative
Dane Whitman (Bennington 2-1)
Robin Chesnut-Tangerman (Rutland-Bennington)
CHITTENDEN COUNTY
State Senator
Chris Pearson
Kesha Ram
Michael Sirotkin
Philip Baruth
State Representative
Michael Yantachka (Chittenden 4-1)
Bill Lippert (Chittenden 4-2)
Emma Mulvaney-Stanak (Chittenden 6-2)
Brian Cina (Chittenden 6-4)
Selene Colburn (Chittenden 6-4)
Tiff Bluemle (Chittenden 6-5)
Gabrielle Stebbins (Chittenden 6-5)
Barbara Rachelson (Chittenden 6-6)
Taylor Small (Chittenden 6-7)
Tanya Vyhovsky (Chittenden 8-1)
Emily Hecker (Chittenden 10)
Ember Quinn (Chittenden 10)
FRANKLIN COUNTY
High Bailiff
Reier Erickson
State Senator
Chloe Collins
State Representative
David Glidden (Franklin 3-1)
Mike McCarthy (Franklin 3-1)
Nicholas Brosseau (Franklin 4)
NORTHEAST KINGDOM
State Senator
Ron Horton (Essex/Orleans County)
State Representative
Chip Troiano (Caledonia 2)
Katherine Sims (Orleans-Caledonia)
Kelsey Root-Winchester (Orange-Caledonia)
Martha W. Allen (Essex-Caledonia-Orleans)
ORANGE COUNTY
State Representative
Kate MacLean (Orange 1)
Susan Hatch Davis (Orange 1)
Sarah Copeland Hanzas (Orange 2)
Kelsey Root-Winchester (Orange-Caledonia)
Jim Masland (Windsor-Orange 2)
RUTLAND COUNTY
State Senator
Cheryl Hooker
Michael Shank
State Representative
Robin Chesnut-Tangerman (Rutland-Bennington)
Barbara Noyes Pulling (Rutland 4)
Mary Howard (Rutland 5-3)
Stephanie Jerome (Rutland 6)
Kirk White (Windsor-Rutland)
WASHINGTON COUNTY & LAMOILLE COUNTY
State Senator
Andrew Perchlik
Anthony Pollina
State Representative
Avram Patt (Lamoille-Washington)
David Yacovone (Lamoille-Washington)
Jo Sabel Courtney (Lamoille 1)
Kate Donnally (Lamoille 2)
Peter D. Anthony (Washington 3)
Maxine Grad (Washington 7)
WINDHAM COUNTY
State Senator
Becca Balint
Jeanette White
State Representative
Emilie Kornheiser (Windham 2-1)
Mollie S. Burke (Windham 2-2)
Michelle Bos-Lun (Windham 4)
Mike Mrowicki (Windham 4)
WINDSOR COUNTY
State Representative
Jim Masland (Windsor-Orange 2)
Elizabeth Burrows (Windsor 1)
Logan Nicoll (Windsor 2-1)
Heather Surprenant (Windsor 4-1)
Kevin “Coach” Christie (Windsor 4-2)
Becca White (Windsor 4-2)
Kirk White (Windsor-Rutland)
Note: RAD withdrew our previous endorsement of candidate Bob Hooper (Chittenden 6-1), due to concerns over statements made around racial justice, police reform, and the Black Lives Matter movement. We consider these stances to run counter to the values we uphold as an organization, and to the work of undoing oppression in order to achieve collective liberation.